Monthly Archives: February 2016

For Berliners, the story of the desctruction of the monumental GDR Palast der Republik in favour of rebuilding its predecessor of the Humboldt Schloss in all its architectural insignificance is a depressing example for city politics lagging miles behind the vibrancy of Berlin. But Berlin is also a city renowned for its stoic subversion, and [...]

Gnashing teeth, bloody fists–Philadelphia artist Christopher Capriotti implodes the white cube with startling intensity. His title (2016) is a searing take at the socioeconomic power divisions and uncomfortable complicity of all parties that underlie spectacle. Barely separated from the complacent gallery throng, the ring represents a violent almost utopian authenticity, with fighters of both genders [...]

Read by Famous sell books that were owned and read by people who have achieved high levels of recognition in their particular fields. Not copies of titles they have read, but the actual books that these people owned and read. The proceeds from the sales benefit the book and literacy focused non-profits, Room to Read, Literacy for Incarcerated [...]

What does music from Hell sound like? No mortal transcription may exist except for a tiny patch of canvas butt in Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights. And of course, Tumblr would be the one to play it. Listen to it here, or for a choral arrangement, here.

The 66th edition of the venerable Berlinale Film Festival is upon us, and it will feature an exclusive retrospective of the work of cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, who, besides working for the likes of Rainer Fassbinder or Martin Scorsese, has also graced the cover of our humble publication with mono.kultur #19.
The legendary gentleman with a camera [...]

Ever since the release of her first novel, The First Bad Man, there seems to be an abundance of interviews with the wondrous and wonderful Miranda July, and that is fine by us (but we were there first…). I don’t think I’ll ever tire of reading a conversation with her, such is her unique charme. [...]